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pp-semi-blp|small=yesInfobox musical artist | name = Wendy James| background = solo_singer| birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1966|01|21| origin = London, UK| instrument = Voice | genre = Pop rock | occupation =| years_active = 1986–present| label = MCA Records | associated_acts = Transvision Vamp Racine| website = Wendy James (born 21 January 1966, London ) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942308/bio Wendy James at IMDB is an English people|English singer-songwriter most notable for her work with the pop music|pop musical ensemble|band Transvision Vamp .
Transvision Vamp
Main|Transvision VampJames was adoption|adopted soon after birth, and left home at the age of sixteen, moving to the England|English seaside resort town of Brighton ." http://www.ilikemusic.com/features/Wendy_james_racine-1100 Wendy James Biography". ilikemusic.com. Retrieved on December 20, 2008. There she met Nick Christian Sayer, who became her boyfriend and musical collaborator.Citation needed|date=September 2009 Sayer and James moved to London , where they teamed up with friends Dave Parsons , Tex Axile and Pol Burton, with whom they formed the pop-punk band, Transvision Vamp. James was the lead singer and frontman|focal point of the group, and attracted media attention with her sexually-charged and rebellious image.Huey, Steve. "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p14536|pure_url=yes Transvision Vamp". Allmusic . Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
The band was signed by MCA Records|MCA in December 1986 and released a cover version of the Holly and the Italians song "Tell That Girl to Shut Up" in late 1987. Months later the follow-up single "I Want Your Love", with its pop/punk crossover appeal, entered the Top 40|Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart . The band went on to release the hit album Pop Art (album)|Pop Art in October. 1989 was the band's most successful year, with the number 3 hit single "Baby I Don't Care" and hit album Velveteen (album)|Velveteen which entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and was a hit worldwide. The next two singles, "I Want Your Love" and "Baby I Don't Care", respectively reached number five and number three in the UK singles charts.
Solo career
When the decision had been made for Transvision Vamp to split, James wrote to Elvis Costello asking for his guidance. In response Costello, collaborating with his then wife Cait O'Riordan on some songs, wrote a full album's worth of material for James. These songs made up the tracks on her 1993 solo album '' Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears . Produced by Chris Kimsey ,cite album-notes | title = Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears | bandname = Wendy James | year = 1993 | format = CD | publisher = MCA Records it reached #43 in the UK Albums Chart in March 1993.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 279 However the album failed to sell in significant numbers, and James "dropped from the music scene".Ellis, James. " http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html? in_article_id=1168& in_page_id=11 Wendy James". Metro.co.uk, August 27, 2004. Retrieved on December 20, 2008. She signed to One Little Indian and recorded an album entitled Lies in Chinatown , which was not released.cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/artists/wendy-james |title=Wendy James - news, lyrics, pictures, reviews, biography, videos, best songs, discography, concerts, gossip, pictures and tour dates |publisher=Nme.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-07
Racine
James formed a band named Racine in 2004. The group released two albums, Number One (Racine album)|Number One and Racine 2|Racine Volume 2 .cite news |first=Tom |last=Bishop |title=Wendy James races back into view |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3738738.stm |publisher=BBC news |date=2004-10-15 |accessdate=2008-12-21
Racine broke up in December 2008 prior to shutting down their official website. The members of the band went on to join other bands and none worked on the James' next album.
James announced on her MySpace blog that she had been working on an album entitled I Came Here to Blow Minds , which was recorded in Paris in 2009 and mixed in Australia later that year.cite web|author=& #8212;Maya Singer |url= http://www.style.com/stylefile/2009/07/wendy-james-will-blow-your-mind/ |title=Wendy James Will Blow Your Mind: style file: daily fashion, party, and model news |publisher=Style.com |date=2009-07-24 |accessdate=2011-08-07 Finally a release date of 19 October 2010 (for digital release) was posted on James' official Facebook page in August 2010. One track from the album had already been made available for download on RCRD LBL. http://rcrdlbl.com/2009/05/15/exclusive_new_download_wendy_james_you_tell_me EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Wendy James - You Tell Me. since May 2009.
" The Nameless One (song)|The Nameless One " (1993) - UK Singles Chart|UK #34
" London's Brilliant " (1993) - UK #62
" Do You Know What I'm Saying? " (1993)
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